selvaraja somiah’s twisted thoughts

Me, just an ordinary Penangite who spent a good part of my learning life in North Borneo and Kathmandu. I’m a geologist turned freelance writer who’s joining the blog sphere now. What I post are my general views, my ramblings, and opinions of my thoughts of what is happening in my country. You are welcome to write your comments, but seditious and racial remarks will be deleted. I am no big writer but will try my best to provide my thoughts with my simple English. I welcome suggestions and opinions on my blog so that it can be improved further for the benefit of all.

Selvaraja Somiah

Author JK Rowling has accepted a charitable donation from a law firm which revealed she wrote a crime novel “The Cuckoo’s Calling” under a pseudonym.

The Harry Potter author says her crime-writing alter ego, Robert Galbraith, had respectable sales before being exposed in the Sunday Times as a pseudonym. Though there had been speculation she had leaked the news to bolster sales, the law firm Russells acknowledged that one if its partners had let the information slip to his wife’s best friend, who tweeted it to a Sunday Times columnist.

Ms. Rowling sued the law firm partner. Her attorney, Jenny Afia, told Britain’s High Court on Wednesday that Ms. Rowling was “distressed by such a fundamental betrayal of trust.”

The firm agreed to reimburse Ms. Rowling’s legal costs and to make a payment to the Soldiers’ Charity.